http://saharareporters.com/news-page/nigerian-police-arrests-year-old-baby-benue-state

The Police in Benue State have taken hostage an entire family, including a one-year old baby, in an effort to compel the baby’s journalist-father to turn himself over to them for a story published by his newspaper.

The baby is Wuese-ter Ibya, who was seized along with its mother, Faith Ibya, as well as Grace Ibya.

Mrs. Faith Ibya is the wife of Henry Ibya, the Benue State Correspondent of Premier Newspaper, and Grace is his sister.

In a statement, the management of Roobbs Communications Network Limited, which publishes The Premier Newspaper, said that the family was forcibly taken as hostages in order to force Mr. Ibya to report himself to the police.

“We are reliably informed that the police authorities in Benue State are acting under the instruction of the governor who was visibly angered by the uncomplimentary story about his wife which bordered on extortion of money from Benue women,” the statement said, “under the guise of improving the lot of Benue women in the celebration of the fifth edition of Benue Women, where the women were coerced to pay unwholesome amounts of money, despite the state government having released the sum of N100 million for the said function.”

Roobbs Communications described placing Mr. Ibya's wife, year-old baby and sister under arrest as “barbaric” and out of tune with the laws of the Federal Government of Nigeria, particularly in view of the new the Freedom of Information law.

“It is sad that the Nigerian police, despite spirited efforts by the government to redeem its battered image and position it on proper pedestal to discharge its duties in accordance with the law, has continued to shoot itself in the foot with its recklessness and abusive tendencies,” the newspaper management said, calling for the hostages to be released with immediate effect and the law allowed to prevail.

all hail our heroic, crime busting police

armed robber

Speechless!

This ought to be in Guinness world records.

Nigeria police we hail you.

Ph.o.cki.ng useless force since 1861!

They have arrested/detained a goat b4 in Kwara State. They said the goat was a thief trying to escape (abi na witch them call am sef).

Na God go help us o!

The most foolish group of uniformed men ever! *hisses*

police are fools

I hope they get sued for kidnapping or some similar felony. Maybe after they've had to pay for such escapades, they'll learn how to do their own jobs.

What won't we hear from these Vampires in Black Uniform.The color of their uniform is mentally,psychologically,emotionally and spiritually have a terrible and drastic effect on them.Useless sect of bunch of cowards, SPIT!!!

That is official KID-napkin, I hope the station keeps pampers!!!!!!

From IGP to the least policeman,they are all dumb and corrupt.blood vampires.i just hope the child doesnt die in their shithole.

Heard of inherited crime before?. The police are trying to look at the inherited libel and slander caused by the baby via is father.


Common, Police na your friend!!!!

The pikin don buy the Papa case!!

Wetin una want make Police do?!

Thats what will happen when you have a coco

Nigerian POlice, attackers of the defenceless, the POlice that succeded in preventing Nigerians from passing through Lokoja to Abuja cannot prevent armed robbers from operating with impunity in Kogi State.

That is what they called POWER!!Can ordinary person try that?

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mschewwwww

foolish people, if only the justice system was functional.

Why can't they just scrap this rubbish called NPF,mscheew.

Nigerian police is crazy. That was how they arrested an infant in kano sometimes ago.

That shows the madness and weight of illiteracy in Nigeria Police Force.

Total lack of professional skill, experience and common sense.

unbelievable

This is in the spirit and intendment of their slogans: 'To serve and protect with Integrity' & 'The (Nigerian) Police Are Your Friend[s]'. Baby Papa alleged 'suspect, pikin arrested until papa shows, The melancholic Federal Attorney General of the Federation no go see this one draw up a Practice Direction and Operational Order for them bois in black. Good Nigerians save Naija.

the woman should take NPF to court.

Police brutality. The law did not say that if a commits an offence then b should be arrested. this is total police show of shame and abuse of power. This has to stop now.

ass holes,

I thought the pple on this forum will think b4 they could response to this publication but many of them didnt do it. Educated illterate pple. Police may just invited this woman to station to ask her questions and now they turned it to arrest. There is different btw invitation to police station and arrest.How can a day old baby been arrested? U pple should think. The man that involved in this saga is a journalist and the journalist will do anything to escape. Journalist should stop telling lies. Nigerians are not fool.

Only in satanic Nigeria. Chineke zoputa anyi na aka ihe ojo.

I thought the pple on this forum will think b4 they could response to this publication but many of them didnt do it. Educated illterate pple. Police may just invited this woman to station to ask her questions and now they turned it to arrest. There is different btw invitation to police station and arrest.How can a day old baby been arrested? U pple should think. The man that involved in this saga is a journalist and the journalist will do anything to escape. Journalist should stop telling lies. Nigerians are not fool.

do you know nigerian police at all?